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Abies balsamea
Balsam Fir
1 Cultivar
Acer ginnala
Amur Maple
1 Cultivar
Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow
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Milfoil
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Yarrow
Acidanthera
Abyssinian
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Fragrant Gladiolus
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Sword Lily
2 Cultivars
Actinidia chinensis
Chinese Gooseberry
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Kiwi
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Kiwi Fruit
Actinidia kolomikta
Artic Kiwi
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Kiwi
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Kolomikta Vine
3 Cultivars
Aesculus californica
California Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Agarista populifolia
Coast Leucothoe
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Fetterbush
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Florida Doghobble
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Florida Leucothoe
1 Cultivar
Agastache 'TNAGAPO'
Poquito™ Orange Hyssop
1 Cultivar
Akebia quinata
Chocolate Vine
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Five Leaf Akebia
5 Cultivars
Aloysia citriodora
Lemon Verbena
Amelanchier arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
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Shadbush
Amelanchier arborea var. laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
Angelica archangelica
Angelica
Angelonia angustifolia
Angelonia
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Summer Snapdragon
2 Cultivars
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Vernal Grass
Araujia sericifera
Bladder Vine
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Cruel Plant
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Cruel Vine
Artemisia abrotanum
Southernwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
Western Mugwort
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White Sage
1 Cultivar
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed
Asimina triloba
Pawpaw
11 Cultivars
Betula alleghaniensis
Golden Birch
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Yellow Birch
Betula grossa
Japanese Cherry Birch
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Japanese Gray Birch
Bignonia capreolata
Cross Vine
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Trumpet Flower
4 Cultivars
Buddleja alternifolia
Alternate Leaf Butterfly Bush
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Fountain Butterfly Bush
2 Cultivars
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip'
Blue Chip Buddleja
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Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.’ PP #19991
Blue Chip Buddleja
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Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
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Lo & Behold®
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Lo & Behold® Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
1 Cultivar
Buddleja 'Miss Ruby’
Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush
1 Cultivar
Callistemon rigidus
Erect Bottlebrush
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Stiff Bottlebrush
Calycanthus floridus
Carolina Allspice
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Spicebush
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Sweet Betsy
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Sweet Bubby Bush
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Sweetshrub
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Sweet Shrub
3 Cultivars
Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua Camellia
1 Cultivar
Camellia 'Winter's Snowman'
Winter's Snowman Camellia
1 Cultivar
Caragana sinica
Chinese Peashrub
Ceanothus americanus
Mountain Snowbell
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New Jersey Tea
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Japanese Judas Tree
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Katsura Tree
4 Cultivars
Chamaemelum nobile
Chamomile
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Mexican Tea
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Wormseed
Chionanthus retusus
Chinese Fringetree
2 Cultivars
Chionanthus virginicus
Fringe Tree
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Old Man's Beard
Chlidanthus
Delicate Lily
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Perfumed Fairy Lily
Cladrastis lutea
Yellowwood
1 Cultivar
Clematis crispa
Blue Jasmine
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Curly Clematis
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Swamp Leather Flower
Clematis montana
Anemone Clematis
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Indian's Virgin's Bower
7 Cultivars
Clerodendrum trichotomum 'Betty Stiles'
'Betty Stiles' Harlequin Glorybower
1 Cultivar
Clethra acuminata
Cinnamonbark Clethra
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Mountain Pepperbush
Clethra barbinervis
Japanese Clethra
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Tree Clethra
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White Alder
1 Cultivar
Comptonia peregrina
Sweet Fern
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(current)
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